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Zaio: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Zaio provides a personalized learning experience with the aim of nurturing a pool of skilled individuals for businesses. Trainees utilize a game-like system to enhance their technological abilities and secure employment in fields such as web and mobile development, data sciences, and other new-age technologies.

www.zaio.io LinkedIn Cape Town, South Africa 11-50 employees
E-Learning EdTech B2B Next-gen recruitment Tech talent Graduate recruitment Risk-free recruitment Customised talent
Total raised
$60k
Rounds
2
Latest
Undisclosed round
Dec 2023

Zaio has raised $60k across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round announced in Dec 2023.

Zaio Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$60k
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
1 with no disclosed amount
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
Dec 2023
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Cape Town, South Africa

Latest funding round on record: Dec 2023.

Zaio Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
Undisclosed
Undisclosed round
$60k

1 of 2 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.

Zaio raised $60k in an undisclosed round announced in Apr 2023.

8 months later, an undisclosed round was announced in Dec 2023 with no disclosed amount.

Zaio Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Akhil Boddu
Founder
Locked
Mvelo Hlophe
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Zaio team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file.

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Zaio Funding Compared to Other Education Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
1,474
$1.5M
192
$5.0M

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Zaio Funding FAQs

What does Zaio do?

Zaio provides a personalized learning experience with the aim of nurturing a pool of skilled individuals for businesses. Trainees utilize a game-like system to enhance their technological abilities and secure employment in fields such as web and mobile development, data sciences, and other new-age technologies.

How much funding has Zaio raised?

Zaio has raised $60k across 2 rounds on record.

When did Zaio last raise funding?

Zaio's most recent funding round on record was announced in Dec 2023. The amount was not disclosed.

Who founded Zaio?

FundedIQ lists Akhil Boddu (Founder) at Zaio.

Who is the CEO of Zaio?

Mvelo Hlophe is listed as CEO at Zaio.

Where is Zaio headquartered?

Zaio is based in Cape Town, Na - South Africa, South Africa.

How many employees does Zaio have?

Zaio is in the 11-50 employee band.

About FundedIQ's Zaio Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Zaio is left off this page rather than filled in.

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